The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-12-08
THE = NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.
Interesting Items Briefly chronicled
for Our Readers 5a Doe

); For Our Readers. en- 'iis
Dubuque will have an Incorporated base
ball club next season.. lIiIr sftt,ff.,,ss,
The friends of Gen. Bragg, of Wiscon-
sin, want him made minister to Mexico
Northern Pacific is issuing sheets Of
twenty coupons, bearing 9 per cent. in
terest, to run twtnty years, to meet divi-
dend certificates falling due this year. ~
Manitoba surveyors are now running
line from HalsteaG, west via Caledonia,
to head off the Minnesota & Dakota,
which contemplates a line through the
same territory.
An effort is to be made in congress to
open portion of Indian Territory for set
tlement, and to legalize entry upon the
vast tract of unoccupied land known as
''no mans land"
The amount of land restored to the
public domain, through orders revoking
the Indemnity withdrawals irs rtrstea- by
the commissioner of the general land
Office to be 81, 1923, 600 acres.
Chairman B. f. Jones, of the RepubIi-
can national committee, said at Pitts
burg that he does not believe Blaine has
any intention or desire to be nominated
next year. t.-tsF ...- .eg
New York papers comment very differ
emily on the conviction of Most. The
Tribune says Most was convicted on a
fair trial, while the Times says the Jury
simply looked upon him as q noxious
animal which is less dangerous in Jail
than at large, . a..-...-.
The Maryland state veterinary officers
are still extirpating the contagious dis
eases among cattle in the city and su-
burbs. Since the quarantine went into
effect, the 10th ult., 121 cattle have been
killed. 1t is thought the quarantine will
not be declared off in less than six
months.
Serglus Shevitch, the Russian nihilist,
will edit the Arbeiter Zeitung, Spies old
paper. d.. -
The navy department has invited pro-
posals for supplying submarine vessel
for naval purposes.
The Prohibition national convention
will be held the first Wednesday in June,
1883, in indianapolis. ..
A broken rail wrecked six cars of wheat,
three of iron and six empties Wednes-
day near West Union. .
1t is estimated that the demand for
coal in Milwaukee this winter will exceed
the supply by $4,000 tons.
The two militia companies at James,
vile, Wis, have been consolided under
the command of Capt. Newman.
Prof. Dickey, Of Albion college, sue
ceeds the late John b. Finch as chairman
of the Prohibition national committee.
The Duluth Evening Journal and
Herald were consolidated and will be
controlled by stock company with $50
700 capital. Col Lounsberry win be
editor.
The season Of lake navigation which
has just closed has been unusually profit
able to vessel-owners, but very disastrous
TO insurance companies on account of the
numerous heavy gales
The Canadian Pacific Railway COM
pany intends doubling the capacity of it's
freight rolling stock, and proposes build
ing between this and the end of next,
year 1900 box-cars and 200 locomotives.
The receipts at the Chicago stock
yards for the expired eleven months of
1887 show, as compared with the CORES
ponding period last year, an increase of
1851, 500 cattle and 346, ZOO sheep, and a
decrease Of 1927, 900 hogs.
At Fergus Falls fifty applications nm
$500 acres of indemnity lands have been
filed. ..- .... '.........
The Canadian Pacific viii build a. 600
freight cars and 200 locomotives for next
season. aF- ~. -
A new Railroad company, to be known
as tha st. Paul & Southern, has been or
ganized. -. ........ -.
For the month of November, 157 home
stead entries and 105 prescriptions were
filed at the land Office in st. Cloud, MINI.
Transcontinental roads have succeeded
in forming an association to go into effect
Jan. /. Headquarters will be in Denver.
A New York Herald special says that
since the election at Atlanta the negroes
there are acting in very lawless manner.
Col. Britton, Of the Minnesota g. Da-
kota railroad, states that contract has
been let for grading 200 miles The work
is to be pushed in the spring.
The fishing season has cIosed at Du-
luth. The catch has been particularly
good, over 1000, 600 pounds having been
marketed. The industry has employed
over 200 men.
The increase in the earnings of the
Northern Pacific road during the month
of November, was the largest in the
history Of the road. Freight earnings,
81, ,572; passenger earnings, 1856, AT.
Both Jem Mace and Jake Kilrain are
assidulously training for their coming
mill Kilrain, who is at Westgate, Eng
land, is in fine condition and is receiving
valuable assistance from Charley
Mitchell.
DIR. Parker has sent his check for 800
to the secretary of the Beecker monu-
ment fund.
The new scale OF steel workers, now be-
ing prepared to go into effect Jan. 1,
at Pittsburg, will probably be accepted
by the employers.
The receipts of the Brooklyn bridge
Monday aggregated s., 340.32, the largest
sum taken ON any one day since the
structure was thrown open TO the public.
A special from Chicago has IL that
President Stickney, Of the Minnesota &c
Northwestern, states that he has ordered
1900 more freight cars, that the st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, branch will be completed next
spring, and that his line has all the busi-
ness 10 can do.
The new law, passed by the last Wis
c0nsin legislature, providing for county
tax to assist INDECENT soldiers, has Just
gone into effect and is found to be pro-
ductive Of great benefit. Each county
raises a special tax for the purpose and
takes care Of the dependent ex.soldiers
within its borders.